Now we know the shocking truth—not all MILO is created equal, at least one mum seems to think so.
A woman made the news in Australia after highlighting the difference between MILO produced in Singapore versus the chocolate powder produced in Australia, putting the Singapore product in a very unfavourable light.
On the Aldi Mums Facebook group in Australia, which has over 188,000 members, the woman warned that the MILO she had brought from the international grocery chain ALDI did not have the same taste as the MILO she usually buys.
When she called Nestlé Australia, the company confirmed that ALDI shops in the country were temporarily sourcing is MILO from Singapore.
“Last week I bought a tin of MILO from ALDI, it tasted really weird and had a really weird texture. After giving it a few more goes, I decided to call Nestle to find out if they had changed something,” the mother wrote.
“The lady informed me that the 1.25kg tins are only sold in ALDI and are being made in Singapore while machines are being updated.
Make sure you check the back of the tin if you want MILO that actually tastes like MILO (trust me you don’t want to waste your money on the one made in Singapore, it’s terrible).”
She then went on to show pictures of the backs of MILO tins. The one she had purchased at ALDI had “Made in Singapore” and “Packed in Australia” written on it.
Another tin, purchased at a Coles grocery, simply had “Made in Australia” written on it.
“I found real MILO in Coles in a 1kg tin. Photos show the difference in where they are made,” the mother added.
This difference was apparently newsworthy enough to warrant getting featured in Australian news site 7NEWS, which quoted a spokesperson from Nestlé Australia as saying, “This was a temporary change and tins of Aussie MILO are already coming back on shelf.”
In response to the woman’s post on the Aldi Mums page, others commented that they also noticed a change in the taste of the popular chocolate drink, with one even saying she took a RAT (Rapid Antigen Test) to make sure her tastebuds were okay.
7NEWS quoted the spokesperson as saying that the company had imported some MILO from its factory in Singapore briefly when it was upgrading its facility in Australia, to ensure that the supply was constant.
“This was limited to the 1.25kg tin sold in ALDI for a very limited time.
While we know it’s not quite the same, the recipe is very similar to our Australian produced MILO and every effort has been made to ensure the ingredients and taste is as close to the recipe that MILO fans know and love.”
But the spokesperson added that if there were any customers who were unhappy with the product, they could bring it back to the stores for replacement or a refund. /TISG